Fibroid removal cost UK: private prices and NHS waiting times

Private fibroid removal in the UK costs roughly £9,700 to £10,900 as an all-in package, and on the NHS it is free but you wait: the typical wait for fibroid removal runs to about 17 weeks (July 2026), and much longer at some hospitals than others.

What the operation is

Fibroids are non-cancerous growths in the muscle of the womb that can cause heavy periods, pain and pressure. When they need removing but the womb is to be kept, the operation is a myomectomy. It is planned after a gynaecology assessment, usually with an ultrasound, so most of the NHS wait is getting scanned and seen and reaching the operating list.

What you are actually paying for

A private fibroid removal price is usually a fixed surgical package: the surgeon, the anaesthetist, the theatre, your hospital stay, and your follow-up care. It does not include the first consultation or the scan, which are billed separately. Before the operation is booked, expect a first consultation of about £200 to £500, where the gynaecologist confirms what you need. Source: published self-pay guide prices, August 2026.

The private price for myomectomy rests on a single provider's published figure, the only clean one we could source, so treat it as one group's guide price rather than a settled market range. Ask any hospital exactly what is and is not in the price, and in particular whether the surgeon's and anaesthetist's fees sit inside the figure or are added on top.

The cheaper middle route: pay only for the diagnosis

You do not have to pay for the whole operation to move sooner. Paying privately only for the parts that get you diagnosed and seen, the first consultation and the ultrasound, costs about £400 to £850. An earlier specialist view can also weigh up alternatives to surgery. If a myomectomy is right for you, you can rejoin NHS care for it and keep your place in the queue.

The operation is free on the NHS, so the real question is the wait

Paying privately buys you speed, not a better result: the operation is the same one the NHS does. Your choices are really three. Stay where you are and wait. Switch to a faster NHS hospital, for free, under your right to choose, which can save months at no cost. Or pay for the whole operation privately and be treated in weeks. Which is right depends entirely on how long your own hospital's queue is, and how much shorter a nearby one might be.

See every NHS hospital's real fibroid removal wait, and how to switch to a faster one for free, on the fibroids waiting times pages. If you would rather have your options and the faster hospitals near you worked out from your postcode, open your free dashboard below.

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